Jewelry



patented Get. 20, i925.

UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE.

ISAAC E. KALISHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 KALISHER MFG. CO'., OF NEW' YORK, N. Y., A FIR-.WI COMPOSED OF SAMUEL WEIN, LOUIS LEOPOLD, AND ISAAC E.

KALISHER.

JEWELRY.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. KALIsI-mn, citizen of the United States of America, residing at city, county, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Jewelry, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in jewelry, and is especially concerned with such articles of jewelry as linger rings.

The object of the invention is to provide a construction by which one and the same article of jewelry may be provided with various kinds of inserts such as emblems, designs or ornaments, thus changing the general appearance of the article of jewelry as may be desired.

I accomplish the object of my invention by removing from the completed article of jewelry a portion in the desired position to leave a space into which the insert may be placed and where it may be removably secured. In my co-pending patent application No. 736,709 filed September 9th, 1924 I disclose a method of manufacturing jewelry according to which I cut or remove from the completely formed article a portion thereof to form a space and thereafter secure in said space a desired design or ornamentation. In the application referred to, it is contemplated that the inserted member shall be soldered in position, thus providing for a fairly permanent attachment of the insert, while according to my present invention, which is a development of the former, the purpose is to so attach the inserted member in the space, as to make it readily removable so that the inserted members or inserts are interchangeable thereby providing the possibility of almost unlimited changes in appearance of the piece of jewelry as a whole. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of an ordinary finger ring with an insert in position; Figure 2 is a side elevational view of a finger ring and an insert in proximity thereto, and Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 of a modified form of the invention.

While the drawing shows a ring as the article to which my invention is applied, it will be understood that the invention may be used with equal facility lin a great many articles of jewelry such as brooches, bar pins, pendants and the like.

From an ordinary linger ring 10, I remove a section or part which may be curved, so that the space 11 resulting from the removal of such portion is curved. In the illustrated forms of the invention, the insert is provided with suitable means for detachably engaging anchoring means in the space in which the insert is placed.

The insert 12 in Figure 2 of the drawing is provided at each end with fine inwardly directed prongs 13, there being preferably two prongs at or near each end of the insert. In the space 11 are two anchoring posts 14, one near each end of the space, and to secure the insert in position the prongs 13 are clinched or bent about the anchoring posts. Although the work is fine it is simple and can be quickly done by a person having`very little skill. If it be desired to remove the insert, the prongs 13 are unclinched or straightened and the insert may be readily lifted out of the space 1l.

In Figure 3, I have substituted a screw for prongs and provided a small nut to be threaded on the end of the screw. The screw is denoted 13c and is designed to pass through an annular washer 13X, and the nut is denoted 13f and is designed to readily engage or be disengaged from the screws.

My invention presents a number of very decided advantages among which the following may be mentioned By keeping in stock a limited supply of rings and a large variety of inserts a jeweler is in position to quickly fill an order for almost any kind of ring. If a given type of ring proves to be popular, the jeweler has the means at hand for immediately filling orders without vthe necessity of ordering from the manufacturer and perhaps waiting several weeks forl the order to be lled, as is now frequently the case. Moreover, owing to the ready interchangeability of the inserts, the jeweler is not required to order large quantities of any particular kind of ring which may have but passing vogue and then find himself burdened with unsalable stock when the vogue has passed. Again, cases ar'e frequent in which the owner of a ring would like a new one but hesitates to purchase because of the cost, whereas if the appearance of the old ring could be changed at a moderate cost by the replacement of the old insert by a. different one the cost would versely of the space, an insert for aid not be an obstacle. space, and prongsV carried by said nselt and I clamz adapted to be clinched about and unl0 As a new article of manufacture, a finger ClDChSfl .I'OHI Said POSS. 5 ring hving a Spa@ between the finger em- In testunony whereof I allx my signabr'acing opening and the periphery of the WY@ ring, posts Within and extending trans- ISAAC E. KALISH'ER. 

